Human Rights Watch has joined other campaign groups in criticizing Ghana's Supreme Court ruling upholding the criminalization of adult consensual same-sex conduct. Earlier a ... Read more »
The House of Representatives is set to deliberate on a proposed law that seeks to remove the ambiguity in the country's penal code on homosexuality. The proponent of the bill ... Read more »
Findings from a new survey published by the pan-African research group Afrobarometer show that more Africans prefer democracy to other forms of government. The Read more »
Mali's military junta has lifted the suspension on political party and association activities that was imposed in Read more »
TikToker Edward Awebwa has been sentenced to six years in prison for disseminating "misleading and malicious'' content about President Yoweri Museveni, his wife, and their so Read more »
The ECOWAS court has determined that Nigerian authorities violated the protesters' rights during the 2020 mass demonstrations against police brutality. The protests Read more »
Sierra Leone has officially banned child marriage, with President Julius Maada Bio signing a bill into law to end the widespread practice. The new legislation inclu Read more »
The High Court in Namibia declared the criminalization of sodomy between consenting men unconstitutional on June 21, 2024, citing violations of constitutional rights to Read more »
New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to scrap the Rwanda deportation plan implemented by the previous Conservative government, saying that the policy intended to cur Read more »
Memories of the violence that engulfed Zimbabwe in the weeks leading up to the June 2008 presidential runoff election continue to haunt the nation whenever elections approach, ac Read more »
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